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William Everson, Lee Bartlett Jan 1985

William Everson, Lee Bartlett

Western Writers Series Digital Editions

No modern poet has been more dedicated to the American West as both place and idea than William Everson. From his first chapbook. These Are the Ravens (1935), to his most recent full-length volume of poetry. Masks of Drought (1981), and his prose meditations, Birth of a Poet (1982), Everson has asked us again and again to understand the power of what he calls the “archetype of the West": “the Western writer stands as term of the American impulse, and as term he constitutes its mainstream rather than a merely peripheral and incidental relevance” (Archetype West 147). While during …


Charles Sealsfield, Walter Grünzweig Jan 1985

Charles Sealsfield, Walter Grünzweig

Western Writers Series Digital Editions

The death of an aging, terminally ill American in the small city of Solothurn, Switzerland, on 26 May 1864, did not receive much public attention at first. Charles Sealsfield had lived on his small estate for some six years and was generally regarded as an eccentric, a writer who had known fame in his earlier days but who had long since resigned himself to a peaceful existence in Switzerland, one of the few non-autocratic countries in Europe at that time. To everyone’s surprise, however, the execution of his last will revealed that the old writer was not born in Pennsylvania, …


The American West: An Analysis Of The Development Of Myth As Portrayed In American Literature, Gus Wilmerding Jan 1985

The American West: An Analysis Of The Development Of Myth As Portrayed In American Literature, Gus Wilmerding

Honors Theses

An Analysis of the Development of Myth as Portrayed in American Literature.


Unlv Lady Rebels 1985-1986, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Jan 1985

Unlv Lady Rebels 1985-1986, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Lady Rebel Letterwinners

Series History

Game-by-Game In 1984-1985

The Bert Leavitt Memorial Scholarship

1985-1986 Opponent Publicists

1985-1986 UNLV Opponents

PCAA Conference

Player Profiles

1985-1986 Roster

1985-1986 Season Outlook

1984-1985 Final Statistics

Thomas and Mack Center Records

UNLV Records

Year-By-Year Results


Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 6 (1985), Sally Jeter Garoutte, Gloria Seaman Allen, Linda Boynton, Bettina Havig, Laurel Horton, Kathryn Schillmoeller, Jeannette Lasansky, Virginia Gunn, Rebecca Joseph, Erma Kirkpatrick Jan 1985

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 6 (1985), Sally Jeter Garoutte, Gloria Seaman Allen, Linda Boynton, Bettina Havig, Laurel Horton, Kathryn Schillmoeller, Jeannette Lasansky, Virginia Gunn, Rebecca Joseph, Erma Kirkpatrick

Uncoverings Journal

Foreword by Sally Jeter Garoutte

Bed Coverings: Kent County Maryland, 1710-1820 by Gloria Seaman Allen

Recent Changes in Amish Quilting by Linda Boynton

Missouri: Crossroads to Quilting by Bettina Havig

South Carolina Quilts and the Civil War by Laurel Horton

The Role of Quilts in Children's Literature by Kathryn Schilmoeller

The Role of the Haps in Central Pennsylvania's 19th and 20th Century Quiltmaking Traditions by Jeannette Lasansky

Quilts for Union Soldiers in the Civil War by Virginia Gunn

Tradition and Innovation in Kentucky Quilts and Yogyakarta Batik by Rebecca Joseph

Quilts, Quiltmaking and the Progressive Farmer, 1886-1935 by Erma Kirkpatrick …


Black Writers In New England : A Bibliography, With Biographical Notes, Of Books By And About Afro-American Writers Associated With New England In The Collection Of Afro-American Literature, Suffolk University, Museum Of Afro-American History, Boston African American National Historic Site, Edward Clark Jan 1985

Black Writers In New England : A Bibliography, With Biographical Notes, Of Books By And About Afro-American Writers Associated With New England In The Collection Of Afro-American Literature, Suffolk University, Museum Of Afro-American History, Boston African American National Historic Site, Edward Clark

Clark Collection Publications

No abstract provided.


E. Taylor's Use Of Canticles, Clella J. Camp Jan 1985

E. Taylor's Use Of Canticles, Clella J. Camp

Masters Theses

In Sermon IV of the Christographia Edward Taylor makes the following statement.

Man, the last in the creation, is the glory of all elementary nature. The image of God in man, the last draught of God upon him, is the glory of Man. Come to artifical instinces, and here it holds; All things of less considerations are first touched on, but that which is last entered on is of the greatest concern…And so it is in the things of God!

Because those things that are constantly fixed in “the last place” are the most complete and the most valued of …


Nature Vs Society In The Works Of Stephen Crane, Rodney R. Parker Jan 1985

Nature Vs Society In The Works Of Stephen Crane, Rodney R. Parker

Masters Theses

The five works of Stephen Crane I chose to discuss in this thesis are: "The Open Boat," "A Mystery of Heroism," "The Blue Hotel," Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, and The Red Badge of Courage. All of these works are representative of the fictional vision of Stephen Crane. A persistent theme that Crane uses in virtually all of his stories is the relationship between the human and the natural worlds. The world of nature is one of indifference. It shows no interest in the activies of mankind, and is, in fact, incapable of doing so. But Crane's …


Violence In Southern Literature, Lucy Katherine Tejero Jan 1985

Violence In Southern Literature, Lucy Katherine Tejero

Theses

This thesis explores the recurring theme of violence in the works of key Southern writers—William Faulkner, Carson McCullers, Flannery O’Connor, Eudora Welty, and Robert Penn Warren. It argues that violence in Southern literature is not merely sensational or gratuitous, but deeply tied to the region’s historical, social, and cultural realities, particularly the legacies of slavery, the Civil War, and entrenched racial hierarchies. By situating each author within this context, the study demonstrates how acts of violence in their fiction serve as a lens through which to examine moral conflict, social change, and human frailty.

Faulkner’s depictions of brutality are shown …


The Law And Mark Twain, Jeff Andrew Weigel Jan 1985

The Law And Mark Twain, Jeff Andrew Weigel

Masters Theses

Varying concepts of law are an essential part in many of Mark Twain's works. Twain's position as an observer and critic of society is often reflected by the way he represents law and justice in his stories. His dislike of injustice and cruelty caused him to focus on these "legal" problems as a way of revealing and attacking various injustices in society. My thesis examines Twain's perception of law as he exposes it in Roughing It, Pudd'nhead Wilson, The Prince and the Pauper, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The general objective of my …


Mark Twain's Confidence Men, Sharon K. Scruton Jan 1985

Mark Twain's Confidence Men, Sharon K. Scruton

Masters Theses

In Mark Twain's literature the confidence man has special talents, but he is also subject to human failings. Through the characters of Huck Finn and Hank Morgan (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court) Twain exposes the traps into which a con artist, as a creative talent, can fall. Twain knows these traps, both from experience and from fears of what the future holds. Hank Morgan becomes an extension of Huckleberry Finn. He is a figure who, as he progresses, leaves the best talent of a con artist behind--the talent of instinct. The natural abilities of insight and …


"Failed Love" In The Drama Of Edward Albee, Steven Leonard Long Jan 1985

"Failed Love" In The Drama Of Edward Albee, Steven Leonard Long

Masters Theses

The plays of Edward Albee are frequently examinations of characters who are unable to love or to be loved. A central and recurring conflict which runs through many of Albee's plays is the conflict which stems from the lack of success which the characters often experience as they strive to find love. The uncertainty and ambiguity which surround the abstraction called "love" leave the characters with feelings of unhappiness, frustration, fear, self-hatred, and despondency. Though the individuals in Albee's plays are aware that love is the ingredient which is missing from their lives, none knows how to go about alleviating …


Budweiser-Unlv Holiday Classic, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Dec 1984

Budweiser-Unlv Holiday Classic, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Team roster for all schools.

UNLV Schedule

List of UNLV Scholarship Donors

Meet the Rebels

Opponent's Scouting Report

Jerry Tarkanian Story

Also contains information about other sports at UNLV


Unlv "Rebels" Vs. University Of Nevada, Reno, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Dec 1984

Unlv "Rebels" Vs. University Of Nevada, Reno, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Team roster for both schools.

UNLV Schedule

List of UNLV Scholarship Donors

Meet the Rebels

Opponent's Scouting Report

Jerry Tarkanian Story

Also contains information on the other sports at UNLV


Ratiocination, Romanticism And Realism In The Detective Story: A Study Of Poe, Doyle And Hammet, Timothy Jay Roberts Dec 1984

Ratiocination, Romanticism And Realism In The Detective Story: A Study Of Poe, Doyle And Hammet, Timothy Jay Roberts

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Humanities at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Timothy Jay Roberts on December 3, 1984.


Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.5, No.10 (December 1984), Northern Lambda Nord Dec 1984

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.5, No.10 (December 1984), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.


Unlv "Rebels" Vs. Meiji, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Nov 1984

Unlv "Rebels" Vs. Meiji, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Team roster for both schools.

UNLV Schedule

List of UNLV Scholarship Donors

Meet the Rebels

Opponent's Scouting Report

Jerry Tarkanian Story


Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.5, No.9 (November 1984), Northern Lambda Nord Nov 1984

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.5, No.9 (November 1984), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.


Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.5, No.8 (October 1984), Northern Lambda Nord Oct 1984

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.5, No.8 (October 1984), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.


Vol. 4, No. 4 (1984), W. Mcneil Reed, Kenzaburo Ohashi Oct 1984

Vol. 4, No. 4 (1984), W. Mcneil Reed, Kenzaburo Ohashi

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 34, No. 1, Hans Trumpy, William T. Parsons, Marion Lois Huffines, Robert P. Stevenson, Jane Adams Clarke Oct 1984

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 34, No. 1, Hans Trumpy, William T. Parsons, Marion Lois Huffines, Robert P. Stevenson, Jane Adams Clarke

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• American News in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Swiss Almanacs: An Overview
• The Stuff of Which Folksongs are Made: Dialect Poetry of Lina Somer (1862-1932)
• Word Gain and Loss in the English of the Pennsylvania Germans
• The Autograph Album: A Victorian Girl's Best Friend
• Cobwebs on My Mind: Untangling Family Relationships
• Aldes un Neies


A Reminiscence Of Stephen Crane, Paul Sorrentino Oct 1984

A Reminiscence Of Stephen Crane, Paul Sorrentino

The Courier

John S. Mayfield (1904-1983), a curator of rare books and manuscripts at Syracuse University from 1961 to 1971, assembled a small, but noteworthy, collection of material by and about Stephen Crane (1871-1900), one of the University's most famous students. Mayfield himself published several articles on Crane, including three in the Syracuse Library Associates Courier, which he edited from 1962 to 1970. Judging from Mayfield's own notes, one can conclude that he intended to publish, perhaps in the Courier, the following brief reminiscence of Crane.


American Irish Newsletter - August - September 1984, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Sep 1984

American Irish Newsletter - August - September 1984, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

No abstract provided.


The Quest That Failed: Jack London's Last Tales Of The South Seas, David A. Moreland Sep 1984

The Quest That Failed: Jack London's Last Tales Of The South Seas, David A. Moreland

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.5, No.7 (August/September 1984), Northern Lambda Nord Aug 1984

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.5, No.7 (August/September 1984), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.


Vol. 4, No. 3 (1984), William Boozer Jul 1984

Vol. 4, No. 3 (1984), William Boozer

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.


American Irish Newsletter - June - July 1984, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec Jul 1984

American Irish Newsletter - June - July 1984, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 33, No. 4, Mark R. Eaby Jr., Barbara Strawser, Eleanor Dudrear, Albert Dudrear Jr., Edward Eirikis, Gerri Sproesser, Carol Nagel, Vivian Aron, Marie George, Ann S. Burrows, Richard F. Kurr, James K. Beard, Jeanne Reifel, Tom Kloss, Jeffrey M. Fiant, Ivan E. Hoyt Jul 1984

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 33, No. 4, Mark R. Eaby Jr., Barbara Strawser, Eleanor Dudrear, Albert Dudrear Jr., Edward Eirikis, Gerri Sproesser, Carol Nagel, Vivian Aron, Marie George, Ann S. Burrows, Richard F. Kurr, James K. Beard, Jeanne Reifel, Tom Kloss, Jeffrey M. Fiant, Ivan E. Hoyt

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• I Remember Well: Thirty-Five Years of the Kutztown Folk Festival
• Furniture Graining
• Old Fashioned Clear Toy Candy
• Metal Etching
• Stenciling
• Baskets and Basket Weavers
• Apple Butter: Then and Now
• Festival Focus
• Festival Programs
• 20th Annual Quilting Contest
• Quilts and Quilt Marking
• The Art of the Pennsylvania Dutch
• Music on the Main Stage
• Scratchboard
• Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Art in Wood
• The Windsor Chair
• Hex Signs


"A Terror And A Dream": Domestic Imagery In The Poetry Of Anne Sexton, Frances S. Waters Jul 1984

"A Terror And A Dream": Domestic Imagery In The Poetry Of Anne Sexton, Frances S. Waters

English Theses & Dissertations

Women writers often experience a conflict between traditional feminine roles and the less traditional role of the female writer. And for those writers, like Anne Sexton, who choose not to choose between roles, the result is conflict. This conflict, recognized by previous critics and evident in Sexton's biography and poetry, results in a domestic imagery expressing this vacillation. In this study, submitted in partial fulfillment for the M. A. degree in English, I provide an in-depth study of Sexton's domestic imagery. I concern myself with two imagery patterns: one, in which the symbolic image's meaning changes randomly with no controlling …


Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.5, No.6 (June/July 1984), Northern Lambda Nord Jun 1984

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.5, No.6 (June/July 1984), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.